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Alexander Calder Modern from The Start MOMA Art Book 2021
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Very good condition - very slight wear to cover-”
- Original Language
- German & English
- Year Printed
- 2015
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Illustrated
- Unit Quantity
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Inscribed
- No
- Modified Item
- No
- Subject
- Art
- Original/Facsimile
- Original
- Type
- Picture Book
- Literary Movement
- Modernism
- Era
- 2000s
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Germany
- ISBN
- 9781633451162
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art
ISBN-10
163345116X
ISBN-13
9781633451162
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4050385072
Product Key Features
Book Title
Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
Sculpture & Installation, Individual Artists / Monographs
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
33.7 Oz
Item Length
10.8 in
Item Width
9.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-946326
Reviews
With virus fears spiraling again, it seems like there's no better time to enter Calder's universe and be spirited away., Calder exemplifies the free spirit in modern sculpture... this book ... show[s] the earliest wire sculptures that helped launch Calder s career through his exploration into animated and monumental works., Released in conjunction with MoMA s retrospective, 'Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start' is an in-depth and endearing look at the relationship between the museum and one of the greatest American artists of all time. His work first appeared in the museum in 1930, just 1 year after its founding, under the direction of Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and has been shown regularly since; one of the most fruitful institution/artist relationships on record., A striking [book] celebrates the sculptor and his long association with the museum, in work that ranges from his inventive jewelry to his massive mobiles., Calder exemplifies the free spirit in modern sculpture... this book ... show[s] the earliest wire sculptures that helped launch Calder's career through his exploration into animated and monumental works., With virus fears spiraling again, it seems like there s no better time to enter Calder s universe and be spirited away., Released in conjunction with MoMA's retrospective, 'Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start' is an in-depth and endearing look at the relationship between the museum and one of the greatest American artists of all time. His work first appeared in the museum in 1930, just 1 year after its founding, under the direction of Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and has been shown regularly since; one of the most fruitful institution/artist relationships on record.
Dewey Edition
23/eng/20230516
Dewey Decimal
730.9747/1
Synopsis
One of the most beloved American artists of the last century, Alexander Calder reimagined sculpture as an experiment in space and motion. He upended centuries-old notions that sculpture should be static, grounded, and dense by making artworks that often move freely, interacting with their surroundings. Calder's ever-changing artworks invite a viewer's sustained attention; over the course of many decades, The Museum of Modern Art provided a setting for this productive exchange. Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start looks at Calder's work through the lens of his connection with MoMA, taking as a point of departure the idea that Calder assumed the unofficial role of the Museum's "house artist" during its formative years. His work was first exhibited at MoMA in 1930, months after the institution opened its doors, and he was among only a handful of artists selected by the Museum's founding director, Alfred H. Barr Jr., for inclusion in his two landmark 1936 exhibitions, Cubism and Abstract Art and Fantastic Art , Dada , Surrealism . He was called upon to produce several commissioned works-including Lobster Trap and Fish Tail , a multicolored mobile that hangs in the same stairwell for which it was made in 1939-and his sculptures have been a mainstay of the Museum's galleries and Sculpture Garden ever since. Following a loose chronology, the catalogue presents examples from the full scope of Calder's work, from the earliest wire sculptures of the 1920s through the largescale mono- and polychrome stabiles and standing mobiles of his later years. An essay by curator Cara Manes traces Calder's rich relationship with MoMA, fueled by new research from the archives of the Museum and the Calder Foundation., On Alexander Calder's fruitful, creative and enduring relationship with MoMA, from the early wire sculptures to late abstractions Alexander Calder's work first appeared in the Museum of Modern Art's galleries in 1930, in the exhibition Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans . Over the next decades the artist's connection with the Museum would be deep, productive and mutually beneficial. Calder cultivated friendships and working relationships with notable figures, including Alfred H. Barr Jr., the Museum's founding director, and James Johnson Sweeney, with whom he collaborated on his expansive retrospective exhibition in 1943. His work is imprinted on MoMA's early history, not only for its material and conceptual innovation but also for its presence at significant moments, such as a mobile made to hang over the lobby's grand staircase on the occasion of the new Goodwin and Stone building ( Lobster Trap and Fish Tail , which hangs there to this day); an elaborate candelabra to adorn the tables at a celebratory anniversary event; and a sculpture to fly off a flagpole to advertise the landmark exhibition Cubism and Abstract Art . Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start celebrates this extraordinarily fertile relationship between an institution and an artist who was both an important creative partner and, with his magnificent gift of 19 works in 1966, a major donor. Through MoMA, Calder came to be known as a pioneer of modern sculpture, and through Calder, MoMA came to understand itself as an American museum of modern art. After studying engineering, Alexander Calder (1898-1976) moved to Paris in the late 1920s, where he found himself at the center of the city's artistic avant-garde. There, he developed his Cirque Calder, a performance artwork comprising dozens of miniature handmade objects, and a group of standalone figurative works in wire. Turning toward abstraction in 1930, Calder invented the mobile--an abstract sculpture made of independent parts that incorporate natural or mechanical movement. He would continue to explore the possibilities of this visual language for the rest of his career, eventually shifting to monumental constructions and public works., On Alexander Calder s fruitful, creative and enduring relationship with MoMA, from the early wire sculptures to late abstractions Alexander Calder s work first appeared in the Museum of Modern Art s galleries in 1930, in the exhibition Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans . Over the next decades the artist s connection with the Museum would be deep, productive and mutually beneficial. Calder cultivated friendships and working relationships with notable figures, including Alfred H. Barr Jr., the Museum s founding director, and James Johnson Sweeney, with whom he collaborated on his expansive retrospective exhibition in 1943. His work is imprinted on MoMA s early history, not only for its material and conceptual innovation but also for its presence at significant moments, such as a mobile made to hang over the lobby s grand staircase on the occasion of the new Goodwin and Stone building ( Lobster Trap and Fish Tail , which hangs there to this day); an elaborate candelabra to adorn the tables at a celebratory anniversary event; and a sculpture to fly off a flagpole to advertise the landmark exhibition Cubism and Abstract Art . Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start celebrates this extraordinarily fertile relationship between an institution and an artist who was both an important creative partner and, with his magnificent gift of 19 works in 1966, a major donor. Through MoMA, Calder came to be known as a pioneer of modern sculpture, and through Calder, MoMA came to understand itself as an American museum of modern art. After studying engineering, Alexander Calder (1898 1976) moved to Paris in the late 1920s, where he found himself at the center of the city s artistic avant-garde. There, he developed his Cirque Calder, a performance artwork comprising dozens of miniature handmade objects, and a group of standalone figurative works in wire. Turning toward abstraction in 1930, Calder invented the mobile an abstract sculpture made of independent parts that incorporate natural or mechanical movement. He would continue to explore the possibilities of this visual language for the rest of his career, eventually shifting to monumental constructions and public works.
LC Classification Number
NB237
Text by
Calder, Alexander
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